How much leg room will the seating at CMS have?

Both the Field and Stadium ESP seats are advertised to have 33 inches of legroom. These ESP seats have 44 rows, going back to the Stadium Club under the press box (26 rows of Field and 18 rows of Stadium.)

The new benchback seats have 50 rows going back the same distance, so, I would expect them to have about 44/50 of ESP Field/Stadium legroom or about 29 inches of legroom. (Edit: Reported below as 30 inches. ) These same benchback seats extend 58 rows on the edges of the press box structure, going all the way to the rim of the stadium.

It looks like the rest of the rows of the stadium extends to the rim with about 74 or 75 rows. So, I would expect about 58/74 of the benchback room or about 23 inches of legroom for the rest. (Edit: Reported below to be 24 inches.)

Leg room? How about butt room? Has the width of the seats been widened? The original seats were designed for much thinner fans. Trying to squeeze in between two sweaty fatties and being immobilized for the whole game is a very unpleasant experience.

I know the Field ESP seats are 19 inches wide, and the Stadium ESP seats are 20 inches wide.

Not sure about the others, I just sent in an request for info on those.

Benchback seats are supposed to have 30 inches of legroom (as per the Recirculated Subsequent EIR dated July 2011).

FiatSlug;727788 said:

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Benchback seats are supposed to have 30 inches of legroom (as per the Recirculated Subsequent EIR dated July 2011).

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Makes sense it might be a little more than exact proportions based on 44/50 of Club seats as the bench back seats are likely not as deep as the stadium seating in the ESP sections

Hail2Calif;728097 said:

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Makes sense it might be a little more than exact proportions based on 44/50 of Club seats as the bench back seats are likely not as deep as the stadium seating in the ESP sections

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ESP seating is supposed to have 33 inches of legroom (3 more inches legroom than Benchback seats). I think that if one can afford the Benchback prices, one will definitely appreciate the difference vs. standard bench depth (about 24 inches, I think).

FiatSlug;728141 said:

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ESP seating is supposed to have 33 inches of legroom (3 more inches legroom than Benchback seats). I think that if one can afford the Benchback prices, one will definitely appreciate the difference vs. standard bench depth (about 24 inches, I think).

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Absolutely. I had a chance to get into the stadium not too long ago and standing in the aisle between the benchback and standard sections (pretty much at the goal line) you could really see a big difference.

If leg room is important, then the tough decision will probably come from those who are deciding between decent yardline seats on the East Side vs. near goal line seats on the West Side as the cost of the seats are pretty much the same.

There has been plenty of past discussion regarding the more boisterous, standing "friendlier" sections on the East Side vs. the quieter Alumni sections on the West. Perhaps the lure of the extra leg room will result in an 'averaging out' of the energy level on both sides of the stadium.

...on a plane anything under 33 inches is considered pretty tight on the knees and an airplane seat is a lot deeper than 20 inches, so imagine you are in the worst airplane seat imaginable and the guy in front of you has put his seat back and I guess you pretty much have the new seating.



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BearsLair72;728199 said:

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...on a plane anything under 33 inches is considered pretty tight on the knees and an airplane seat is a lot deeper than 20 inches, so imagine you are in the worst airplane seat imaginable and the guy in front of you has put his seat back and I guess you pretty much have the new seating.



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Average seat pitch is 33-34 inches on air lines.

That is seat to seat (CL to CL). Not seat front to seat back.


Is the stadium pitch 33 inches, or 33+seat?

Phantomfan;728358 said:

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Average seat pitch is 33-34 inches on air lines.

That is seat to seat (CL to CL). Not seat front to seat back.


Is the stadium pitch 33 inches, or 33+seat?

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This means that the distance between the back of a seat in Row 3 to the back of the seat directly in front in Row 2 is 33 inches. In essence, each patron has 33 inches [U]minus[/U] the thickness of the seatback on which they are leaning back.

FiatSlug;728413 said:

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This means that the distance between the back of a seat in Row 3 to the back of the seat directly in front in Row 2 is 33 inches. In essence, each patron has 33 inches [U]minus[/U] the thickness of the seatback on which they are leaning back.

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That's what I suspected (and why I edited my post).


Either way, the 33 inches on Air liners is not compairable to stadium seating

For example, a seatback on an airplane averages something like 4 inches. That would mean that the occupied space is about 29 inches (less if the person in the stadium or airplane is leaning back)


That means that on the east side you get 24 inches, and on the west side you get something like 30 (+seat). thats 6 inches... Not that bad.


At least youre not flying to Hong Kong.


Yikes.

...I remember one Big Game my back went for a week after sitting there with no seat back because they were sold out. Since I gave up my seats I think my new setup is a tad more than 33 inches!

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Would anyone familiar with the construction happen to know if the handrails will be placed in the center of the aisle or along the sides? Their placement might obstruct the view if I choose to sit next to the aisle. Thanks for any info you might have.

mighty bears;729371 said:

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Would anyone familiar with the construction happen to know if the handrails will be placed in the center of the aisle or along the sides? Their placement might obstruct the view if I choose to sit next to the aisle. Thanks for any info you might have.

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Not familiar with the construction, but the interactive seat selection for both ESP and non-ESP all make it look like the aisle handrails are in the center.

I haven't seen drawings or specs, but I think it is highly likely that most handrails will be in the center of the aisle. In every stadium constructed in the last 30 years (maybe longer), this has been the case.

Handrails that will be on the sides of an aisle will occur where there are no seats immediately adjacent to the handrail (such as in stairs that pass from an ADA/wheelchair deck to seating areas above the deck).